Price Hike: Endless Sufferings of Common People
Staff correspondent
Price of essential commodities including rice, flour, chick-peas, sugar and edible oil increased in the city markets. The prices of fish and meat are stable but the price of vegetables is on the increase.
In different city markets, Sugar is being sold at 140 taka per kg which is 5 taka more than that of the last week. Flour and rice are also being sold in the increased rate. This nonstop price hike is badly affecting the life of the low-income people. Price of Soybean oil rose by 30 taka per liter compared to the previous week's price level. Very recently, the government has fixed the new price of diesel oil and all other types of fuel oil which is also in an increased rate. According to the market-experts the rise in the price of all sorts of fuel is worsening the situation. Though retailers are claiming again and again that there is shortage of supply in the market; they predict that a secret syndicate is acting behind this.
A customer in Kawranbazar market, while marketing, said to this reporter, "If this trend of rising of prices can not be controlled, people like us will have to die". He also said that, "Few monitoring cells are not sufficient to make the market stable". In spite of the assuring of the minister of the ministry of commerce; the prices of essential commodities are increasing day by day.
